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{{short description|American record producer and writer|bot=PearBOT 5}}{{for|the American football player and evangelist|Joe Boyd (American football)}}

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|birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, United States| death_date =| origin =| instrument =| genre =| occupation =| years_active = 1960s–present| label = Hannibal Records| associated_acts =| website = joeboyd.co.uk}}Joe Boyd (born August 5, 1942) is an American record producer and writer. He formerly owned Hannibal Records. Boyd has worked on recordings of Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Nick Drake, The Incredible String Band, R.E.M., Vashti Bunyan, John and Beverley Martyn, Maria Muldaur, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Billy Bragg, James Booker, 10,000 Maniacs, and Muzsikás.Boyd, Joe, White Bicycles – Making Music in the 1960s, Serpent's Tail, 2006. {{ISBN|1-85242-910-0}} He was also one of the founders of the highly influential nightclub venue UFO.

Life and career

Boyd was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Princeton, New Jersey.WEB, Richie Unterberger,weblink Joe Boyd Interview, Richieunterberger.com, 2013-12-07, He attended Pomfret School in Pomfret, Connecticut. He first became involved in music promoting blues artists while a student at Harvard University. After graduating, Boyd worked as a production and tour manager for music impresario George Wein, which took Boyd to Europe to organise concerts with Muddy Waters, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.Boyd, 2006, White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s, pp. 21–27. Boyd was responsible for the sound at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, when Bob Dylan played a controversial set backed by electric musicians.Boyd, 2006, White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s, pp. 96–107.In 1964 Boyd moved to London to establish the UK office of Elektra Records.Boyd, 2006, White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s, pp. 109–117. In 1966, Boyd and John "Hoppy" Hopkins opened the UFO Club, a famous but short-lived UK Underground club in London's Tottenham Court Road. He produced the first single "Arnold Layne" by UFO regulars Pink Floyd, and recordings by Soft Machine.Boyd, 2006, White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s, pp. 143–166. Boyd worked extensively with audio engineer John Wood at Sound Techniques studio in Chelsea. In this studio, Boyd and Wood made a succession of celebrated albums with British folk and folk rock artists, including the Incredible String Band, Martin Carthy, Nick Drake,Boyd, 2006, White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s, pp. 191–202. John Martyn, Fairport Convention and Richard Thompson.Boyd, 2006, White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s, pp. 166–170. Some of these were produced by Boyd's company Witchseason Productions.Boyd returned to the United States at the end of 1970 to work as a music producer for Warner Bros. with special input into films, where he collaborated with Stanley Kubrick on the sound track release of A Clockwork Orange.Boyd, 2006, White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s, pp. 235–238. Boyd also contributed to the soundtrack of Deliverance, directed by John Boorman, where he supervised the recording of "Dueling Banjos", which became a hit single for Eric Weissberg.Boyd, 2006, White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s, p. 238. Boyd also produced and co-directed the film documentary Jimi Hendrix (1973). In the States, Boyd produced albums by Maria Muldaur and Kate & Anna McGarrigle. Boyd subsequently founded the Hannibal Records label in 1980 (later absorbed into Rykodisc), which released albums by Richard Thompson and many recordings of world music, including Hungarian band Muzsikás. Boyd also produced R.E.M.'s third album Fables of the Reconstruction (1985) and records by Billy Bragg and 10,000 Maniacs.Boyd was executive producer for the 1989 feature film Scandal, starring John Hurt and Bridget Fonda about the Profumo affair in UK politics in 1963. Boyd left Hannibal/Ryko in 2001 and his autobiography, White Bicycles - Making Music in the 1960s, was published in 2006 by Serpent's Tail in the UK.In 2008, Boyd was a judge for the 7th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.WEB,weblink 7th Annual IMA Judges, Independent Music Awards, 2013-12-07, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140306153750weblink">weblink 2014-03-06, Boyd was a producer on the long-delayed Aretha Franklin concert film "Amazing Grace."

Records produced or co-produced{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Date! style="width:30%"| Artist! style="width:30%"| Album! Label! class="unsortable"| Notes Incredible String Band>The Incredible String Band ''The Incredible String Band (album)'' >| Lord of the Dance >| Alasdair Clayre >Alasdair Clayre >| Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse >What's Shakin' >| Alasdair ClayreHTTP://WWW.INFORMATIK.UNI-HAMBURG.DE/~ZIERKE/FOLK/RECORDS/ACOLDWINDBLOWS.HTMLA COLD WIND BLOWS> ACCESS-DATE = APRIL 4, 2012A Cold Wind Blows >Elektra Records>Elektra Shirley Collins >The Power of the True Love Knot >| The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion >| Dave Swarbrick, Martin Carthy & Diz Disley >Rags Reels and Airs >| Pink Floyd >Arnold Layne" / "Candy and a Currant Bun" >| The Purple Gang (British band)>The Purple Gang "Granny Takes a Trip" see 'Further reading' section Soft Machine >| recordings for projected single (Sound Techniques, London), released 1977 on Triple Echo, CD rel.: Turns On Volume 1, Voiceprint 2001 Tonite Lets All Make Love in London >| Chris McGregor >Very Urgent >| Fairport Convention >If I Had a Ribbon Bow" / "If (Stomp)" >| | Fairport Convention (album)>Fairport Convention The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter >| Wee Tam and the Big Huge >| Kalpana >| compilation of instrumental and dance music from India What We Did on Our Holidays >| Si Tu Dois Partir" / "Genesis Hall" >| Unhalfbricking >| Nick Drake >Five Leaves Left >| Liege & Lief >| Dr. Strangely Strange >Kip of the Serenes >| | Changing Horses (Incredible String Band album)>Changing Horses Nico >Desertshore >| Vashti Bunyan >Just Another Diamond Day >| John Martyn (singer)>John and Beverley Martyn ''Stormbringer! (John Martyn album)'' >| U (Incredible String Band album)>U Full House (Fairport Convention album)>Full House Fotheringay >Fotheringay (album)>Fotheringay I Looked Up >| Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending >| Geoff Muldaur>Geoff and Maria Muldaur Pottery Pie | Brotherhood of Breath >Brotherhood of Breath > Bryter Layter >| Mike Heron >Smiling Men with Bad Reputations >| | The Road to Ruin (John and Beverley Martyn album)>The Road to Ruin | Heavy Petting >| Maria Muldaur >Maria Muldaur (album)>Maria Muldaur Midnight at the Oasis" b/w "Any Old Time" >| Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel >Dueling Banjos" b/w "Reuben's Train" >| Jimi Hendrix >Jimi Hendrix (soundtrack)>Jimi Hendrix 0070242|Jimi Hendrix}} Waitress in a Donut Shop >| Muleskinner (band)>Muleskinner Muleskinner Kate McGarrigle>Kate and Anna McGarrigle ''Kate & Anna McGarrigle (album)'' >| Geoff Muldaur Is Having a Wonderful Time >| James Booker >Junco Partner >| Live at the L.A. Troubadour >| Sweet Harmony (album)>Sweet Harmony Toots & the Maytals >Reggae Got Soul >| Dancer with Bruised Knees >| The Albion Band >Rise Up Like the Sun >| Julie Covington >Julie Covington (album)>Julie Covington Nick Laird-Clowes) >Too Late at Twenty >| Joe Carrasco>Joe "King" Carrasco and The Crowns Party Safari I Ain't Drunk >| Richard and Linda Thompson >Shoot Out the Lights >| | Defunkt >Thermonuclear Sweat >| Cool It Reba >Money Fall Out the Sky >| Richard Thompson (musician)>Richard Thompson Hand of Kindness Poppie Nongena > Small Town Romance >| Across a Crowded Room >| R.E.M. >Fables of the Reconstruction >| 10,000 Maniacs >The Wishing Chair (album)>The Wishing Chair House Full – Live at the LA Troubador >| Dagmar Krause >Supply and Demand (Dagmar Krause album)>Supply and Demand, German version: Angebot und Nachfrage The Music of Bulgaria >| John Harle >Habanera (John Harle album)>Habanera Danny Thompson >Whatever >| Nazakat & Salamat Ali >| Billy Bragg >Workers Playtime (album)>Worker's Playtime Trio Bulgarka >The Forest Is Crying >| Toumani Diabaté >Kaira >| Ketama, Toumani Diabaté and Danny Thompson >Songhai (album)>Songhai The Dinner Ladies >These Knees Have Seen the World >| Brotherhood of Breath >Country Cooking >| Mary Margaret O'Hara >Miss America (Mary Margaret O'Hara album)>Miss America Boyd uncreditedLarry Crane, "Interview with Joe Boyd", Tape Op, July/Aug 2007 Ivo Papasov and His Bulgarian Wedding Band >Orpheus Ascending >| June Tabor >Some Other Time >| Dana Kletter>The Blackgirls Procedure Happy >| Balkanology >| The Watchman >| Trans-Danubian Swineherd's Music >| Songhai 2 >| ¡Cubanismo! >| Djelika >| Cuba Linda >| Malembe >| Reencarnation >| Bareback >| Double Barrel >| Dear Enemy >| The McGarrigle Hour >| Philip Pickett >The Bones of All Men >| Dew Drop Out >| Mardi Gras Mambo > Taj Mahal (musician)>Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabaté Kulanjan Loudon Wainwright III >Social Studies (Loudon Wainwright III album)>Social Studies Half Smile >| Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble >Private Astronomy >| Virginia Rodrigues >Mares Profundos >| London '66-'67 > Breathe with Me >| Robyn Hitchcock >The Man Upstairs (Robyn Hitchcock album)>The Man Upstairs Maya Youssef >Syrian Dreams >| Executive ProducerDamir Imamović >Singer of Tales >Wrasse Records >| co-production Andrea Goertler

References

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Further reading

• Boyd, Joe, White Bicycles - Making Music in the 1960s, Serpent's Tail. 2006. {{ISBN|1-85242-910-0}}
• Joe Beard's biography of The Purple Gang – Taking the Purple – {{ISBN|978-0-9928671-0-2}}

External links

• Joe Boyd Official Website
• Joe Boyd interviewed on The Current
• PUNKCAST1129 Video of 'White Bicycles' reading in NYC, Mar 28 2007. (RealPlayer, mp4)
• weblink" title="archive.today/20130217012104weblink">2011 Interview about White Bicycles, Hannibal Records, and live show with Robyn Hitchcock

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